5 ROBOTS USED IN INDUSTRIES

The application of robotics is spanning to various fields such as medical, space, production industries, etc. The very first industrial robot was formulated in 1937, which can stack wooden blocks in a pattern. Since then robots are thriving in their performance because they are faster, highly efficient, and works even in unfavorable conditions. Even though they are reprogrammable, they will repeat the same work for years if programmed once. They can work for 24 hours and thus offers innumerable advantages over manual labor. And, now they’re not only sophisticated but also intelligent. This article introduces 5 robots used in industries. 1. Industrial robots  2. Continuous path robots  3. Assembly robots  4. SCARA  5. Delta Robots

1. Industrial Robots

Industrial robots are ideal for the pick and place operation in which the objects are required to pick from a position and place in a specified place. These specially built pick and place robots carry the load from the end of a conveyer belt and place them into a box. Their rapid speed helps in this transport of goods from one place to another in pinpoint accuracy and more efficient than manpower in addition to the reduction of production cost.

2. Continuous path Robots

These robots are widely used in factories that can follow the irregular path exactly by their programmed control system. In the control system, the path that the robot has to follow is represented by juxtaposed numerous points that are stored in the memory of robots. When it starts to work, it follows the track of points and thus the intended path. These robots are mostly useful in spray painting since they can apply a uniform coat of paint on wall with a constant velocity.

3. Assembly Robots

Assembly robots have made advanced upliftment in production areas as they can be used for various needs and thus save workers from monotonous jobs. Assembly robots select, fix and assemble the components according to the stipulations thus forming the final product. A TV camera is used to depict the pictures of components and the robot arranges these components according to the picture of the final product that’s already stored in its memory. The striking advantage of assembly robots is that they can shunt human errors during these arrangements.

4. SCARA

SCARA is the abbreviated form of Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm or Selective Compliance Articulated Robot Arm. It was introduced at the University of Yamanashi by the team under Professor Hiroshi Makino in 1981. SCARA has two jointed arms that can move in two dimensions thus reaches up to confined areas. So, they are used in the loading and unloading processes in closed spaces and are also cleaner and faster than other robots.

5. Delta Robots

Delta Robots are with three arms for the need of managing small and light substances rapidly. It was developed in 1985 by the team under Professor Reymond Clavel at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland. The packaging industry, medical and pharmaceutical industries make use of delta robots owing to their high speed. It is remarkable that the picking and placing operations of delta robots exceed up to 300 picks per minute.

Robotics is vastly flourishing in various fields and its influence in the industrial areas is also remarkable by the invention of these robots.